abortifacients

An abortifacient is a substance that induces abortion. Drawing from a 13th-century manuscript of Pseudo-Apuleius’s Herbarium, depicting a pregnant woman in repose, while another holds some pennyroyal in one hand and prepares a concoction using a mortar and pestle with … Read More

Bas-relief at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, c. 1150, depicting a demon inducing an abortion by pounding the abdomen of a pregnant woman with a pestle. An abortifacient is a substance that induces abortion. History The ancient Greek colony of Cyrene at … Read More